... In the 1972 preseason (July 1), there are literally no signable free agents listed and when I attempt to sign a free agent, I see that his rights belong to the NHL and that a signing is not possible. Do I need to wait a length of time in-game for those players to be eligible for signing? Or is there something I'm missing, here?

Looks like there's something wrong with the WHA rights in a 1972 start, the unsigned players are getting the wrong rights marker as if they were eligible for a draft that they hadn't gone through yet. We'll have to investigate a little further, but I think it might have something to do with the 72 start not getting the WHA general draft at the beginning of the game.

73 and later works OK, you can sign free agents at the start normally, and 71 or earlier will begin the WHA with the general draft, after which free agents work normally, so it just seems to be 72 that has the issue.

Hmm, that's odd, it should still be working with that option off, since it's not a rookie draft. But now I'm wondering if it's marked as one instead of being an expansion-type draft, we'll have to check that.

Hmm, that's odd, it should still be working with that option off, since it's not a rookie draft. But now I'm wondering if it's marked as one instead of being an expansion-type draft, we'll have to check that.

Yeah, I went ahead and re-did everything just to make sure. The first shot is with the "generate rookies at 17" option enabled, and the second one is with that option disabled.

Still on the list to be fixed. The NHL rights you're seeing are the way it should be working for the WHA rights, too, i.e. either "All" or assigned to a specific team. Since it isn't, that's why the players aren't signable.

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